Practical Skills in Sport and Exercise Science

Description

Table of Contents

Contents

List of boxes

Preface

Acknowledgements

1.         The importance of transferrable skills

2.         Managing your time

3.         Working with others

4.         Taking notes from lectures and text

5.         Learning and revising   

6.         Curriculum options, assessment and exams

7.         Preparing your curriculum vitae

8.         Finding and citing published information

9.         Evaluating information

10.       Using online resources

11.       Using spreadsheets

12.       Word processors, databases and other packages

13.       Reporting and interpreting test results

14.       General aspects of scientific writing

15.       Writing essays and literature reviews

16.       Organising a poster display

17.       Giving a spoken presentation

18.       The principles of measurement

19.       Making valid and reliable measurements

20.       SI units and their use

21.       Scientific method and design of experiments

22.       Conducting and writing up project work

23.       Your approach to practical work

24.       Health and safety

25.       Working with body fluids

26.       Preparing for fitness tests

27.       Pre-exercise health screening procedures

28.       Blood and urine collection and analysis

29.       Measuring cardiac function

30.       Testing pulmonary function

31.       Measuring endurance exercise intensity

32.       Measuring hydration status and body temperature

33.       Measuring flexibility

34.       Kinanthropometry

35.       Measuring body composition

36.       Measuring maximal aerobic capacity

37.       Indirect measures of aerobic capacity

38.       Measuring energy expenditure and physical activity

39.       Measuring anaerobic power and capacity

40.       Measuring muscle strength and endurance

41.       Common field tests

42.       Specific field tests

43.       Measuring endurance training thresholds

44.       Measuring economy of exercise

45.       Monitoring training load

46.       Manipulating and transforming raw data

47.       Graphs

48.       Presenting data in tables

49.       Descriptive statistics

50.       Choosing and using statistical tests

Index

Back Cover

If you are studying sport and exercise science, or a related course, then this book will be an indispensable companion throughout your entire degree programme. This ‘one-stop’ text will guide you through the wide range of practical, analytical and data-handling skills that you will need during your undergraduate and/or postgraduate studies. It will also give you a solid grounding in wider transferable skills such as teamwork, effective use of information technology, communicating information and study skills.

Practical Skills in Sport and Exercise Science provides an easy-to-read guide to help you develop the skills you need to succeed. It explains the essential elements of practical techniques and procedures in a step-by-step manner to help you understand their application in the context of sport and exercise science.

Features include:

• Comprehensive coverage of a wide range of practical elements within the discipline,        including pre-exercise health screening procedures; measuring speed, strength, power and endurance capacities; kinanthropometry and the most widely-used field tests.

• Advice and guidance on practical work; measuring techniques; statistical techniques; analysis and presentation of data and study skills

• Numerous margin tips and hints, ‘how to’ boxes, checklists, and worked examples.

• Key points highlight critical features of methodology.

• Relevant Internet resources for the subject highlighted.

Peter Reaburn is Associate Professor in Exercise and Sport Science at CQUniversity, Australia.

Ben Dascombe is Lecturer in Exercise and Sport Science at Newcastle University, Australia.

Rob Reed is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning and Teaching) at CQUniversity, Australia.

Allan Jones is Senior Lecturer and Chancellor’s Award Fellow in Ecology, Environmental Science

and Zoology at the University of Dundee, UK. Jonathan Weyers is Director of Quality Assurance

at the University of Dundee, UK.

Reader Review(s)

"In general this is an excellent book and my decision to adopt it is based on the growing need to improve student's transferable skills and that is where this book excels" - Dr Richard Godfrey, Department of Sports Science, Brunel University

"This will be a useful reference text for students starting their final year projects, as it outlines/reviews many of the techniques used previously by students. I also like the integration of key skills and soft skills into the text, which allows for constant reminders to students over the year of the research process. I find the layout of the book less intimidating and more practically based than some in the area of research methodology which I think the students will appreciate" - Dr Bob Hogg, School of Health, Natural & Social Sciences, University of Sunderland

"An excellent text, very thorough and inclusive" - Christina Jacklin, Senior Lecturer, BASES Accredited Sport & Exercise Scientist (Psychology Support)

"Very useful overview of skills" - Dr Ian Kenny, Biomechanics Research Unit, Departments of Physical Education & Sports Science, University of Limerick